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SET SOUND in autoexec?

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First post, by Guest

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I am trying to run an old RPG called Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2, with VDM sound. Sadly the game itself refuses to recognize any sound device I try with vdm. It has no sound setup program, just a batch file with the following lines:

@ECHO OFF
REM SB16SET /P /Q
%SOUND%\SBFMDRV > NUL
SW.EXE %1 %2 %3 %4
%SOUND%\SBFMDRV /U > NUL
ECHO ON

Now, the FAQ on their long closed company site says the following:

"In order to get sound/music in the game, you must have a Sound Blaster (Version 1.5 or greater) or 100%
compatible.

There must be a BLASTER and SOUND environment variable set in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The SOUND
variable must point to the directory that contains the FM music driver."

I am at a loss as to what I need to do, as I'm using VDM sound to make it think I have a soundblaster, I don't know where I can tell SET SOUND to look for the FM driver and I'm not even sure what my hercules' FM driver is called, or if it even exists.

Never run into any problems like this before with dos games =)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks =)

Reply 1 of 2, by HunterZ

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Looks like the game needs you to load a TSR driver called SBFMDRV.COM before playing the game. If you can find that utility then you can just plop it in the game directory and change the batch file to:

@ECHO OFF
SBFMDRV
SW.EXE %1 %2 %3 %4
SBFMDRV /U
ECHO ON

I tried Googling SBFMDRV and actually came up with a FAQ for this very game: http://www.swgames.com/FAQ.htm

If you've been to a site called Home of the Underdogs, Google says that that site includes it with a game called Legend of the Silver Talisman. You can use the "download a specific file inside the archive" to get SBFMDRV.COM by itself.

Last edited by HunterZ on 2005-07-26, 00:58. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 2 of 2, by Zup

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SBFMDRV was a driver for playing FM music with Sound Blasters. s I recall, it was somewhat related to CMF sound files, and there were specific drivers for each sound card. There were different files for Sound Blaster 1.5, Pro and Sound Blaster 16.

The driver checks if the correct Sound Blaster is installed when is loading, so you may need to configure a specific sound card.

Another game that uses this thing: Innocent Until Caught.

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